{"podcast":{"title":"Decoder with Nilay Patel","slug":"decoder-with-nilay-patel","podcast_index_feed_id":2123,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/recodedecode","website_url":"https://theverge.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5c6a4f4a-e69c-11e8-8066-17a10182e4c8/image/The_Verge_Decoder_Tileart_3000.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media Podcast Network","episode_count":932,"summary":"Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. 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